10. She had great chemistry with both Doctors she time-travelled with!
Rose's relationship with the Tenth Doctor was very strong, affectionate, and full of love and friendship. They had both grown to understand each other, and they became equals, having a whale of a time travelling all around the universe, fighting aliens, rescuing each other, and having a good few laughs. It's safe to say that they were both romantically attracted to each other, and ended up falling in love with each other. That's not to say however, that they loved each other any more than the Ninth Doctor and Rose did. Although Nine was less jokey, less human and more pained by his past, Rose was the exact person he needed to make him a better person. Through their travels, Rose lightened his heart, and in return, the Doctor took her away from her mundane life into a world of adventure. The duo clicked. Rose's and Nine's personalities differed, whilst Rose's and Ten's were very similar, but in both cases, the pair complemented each other perfectly.
9. She had a life- a home, a job, a family!
As I've mentioned already, Rose was the first companion to have a proper background behind her. When we first meet her, she is living in a flat in London with her mum, going to work everyday in a department store, and meeting her boyfriend Mickey in her free time. And we had a back story on her too. She had lost her dad when she was a little girl, she'd had a troubled past with an ex-boyfriend, and she'd left school not achieving what she'd wanted to achieve, to name but a few. Rose was a real person. A proper relatable human being.
8. She was kind, compassionate, caring!
Rose showed some very desirable traits in a companion. She had a natural caring instinct, making sure the people and aliens she met on her travels were safe and protected, offering any help she could to make them feel better. For example, she chatted with serving girl Gwyneth in Cardiff 1869 and tried to keep her safe; she comforted Harriet Jones after her Slitheen encounter; and she even sympathised with a Dalek that was being tortured. Also, it was Rose's kindness and compassion that made the war-torn Doctor better. She may just be a young human girl from London, but it was because she was so human that she connected with so many people. 7. She had her faults, as we all do!
She left her boyfriend with a simple "thanks" to go join the Doctor on his travels. She had a strong jealousy streak when it came down to the Doctor having other female companions or love interests. She often said the wrong thing to her mum and Mickey, making them feel a tad unimportant and rejected. But, these are the kind of things a lot of us will be guilty of at some point in our lives, and that's just because we're human. We make mistakes, we can't be perfect. Rose was bored of her life at home and work, and I'd even go as far as to say she was unsatisfied with Mickey. But we've all been there, surely? So Rose cannot be blamed for the selfish and jealous acts she performed, because I'm sure a lot of other people would take up the chance to go time-travelling rather than stay at home in a life you're not happy with. This is another reason why Rose is a very relatable human being.
6. She had massive amounts of character development!
At first, Rose was unsure, wary, and rather shy to the world of the Doctor, often making mistakes and letting the Doctor take the lead. But as time progressed, and she went on more adventures, her confidence and independence grew. She was able to fight off aliens and talk down foes without the Doctor's help. I like how her development was slow and nicely paced. Rather than her going straight into the action and knowing her stuff too quickly, she goes up a more realistic learning curve. An example of her confidence is in the two-parter 'The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit', during which she instructs the team on what to do to escape the Ood, and makes executive decisions without the Doctor. Also, in 'Fear Her', she finds the missing Isolus pod and discovers what it needs for it to go home, all without the Doctor. This confidence doesn't seem out of place, and was build up to at a reasonable pace.
5. She became the Bad Wolf... twice!
Rose became all-powerful over the universe when she absorbed the power of the time vortex, in order to destroy the Dalek fleet and save the Doctor, and the world! Now, that is a pretty big thing to do, even if she wasn't entirely herself whilst doing it. But she did scatter the words 'Bad Wolf' across space and time as a message for herself to lead her there in the first place. Clever stuff. Not to mention, she also resurrected Cpt. Jack, meaning he can now never die, a plot point which has been used in the show for years after, and in a spin-off show. And, to top it all off, The Moment took the form and conciousness of Bad Wolf Rose in 'The Day of the Doctor' in order to aid the War Doctor during the time war, therefore influencing his decision not to destroy Gallifrey. Rose, therefore, has had a very big impact on the mythology and plots of the show, before, during, and after her time on Doctor Who.
4. She is clever, but not in a text book sort of way!
Rose dropped out of school early, achieved no A-Levels, and only managed to grab a job as a department store assistant. But she was still very smart. She used her gymnastics to knock the autons and the anti-plastic into the Nestene Conciousness, destroying it; she noticed that Bad Wolf was written as a message so she could get back to the Doctor on the Game Station; and she used her knowledge of her previous alien encounters to address the Sycorax. She learnt through her travels with the Doctor, and applied the knowledge she gained during many encounters with aliens. Again, she was relatable in that she didn't learn too quickly; she was a realistic representation of how normal people would act in those kind of scenarios she faced. Her eyes and her mind was widened by the impossibilities of the Doctor's world, and she became a better person because of it.
3. She was very loyal, determined and strong-headed!
Rose was loyal to the Doctor throughout. She always tried to keep him safe from harm, and would do her best to not leave him in danger. She even decided to stay on a planet orbiting a black hole, because she didn't want to leave the Doctor alone all the way down in the pit. As well as this, she was always determined to do what was right, to be the best she could, and to not fail herself or others. In 'The Parting of the Ways' she wouldn't give up on the Doctor, trying everything she could to get back to him. Also, Rose always knew what she wanted, and she wasn't going to let anyone take it from her. She was self-assured and essentially very brave, even willing to stay with the Doctor forever and ever because she knew that it was a better life with him. In the end though, she had to part with the time lord, but managed to keep strong and build her own life, using her knowledge of aliens and the confidence she'd gained along the way.
2. She was pretty badass!
As her confidence grew, she made more decisions without the Doctor, and was able to challenge aliens and foes, and even threaten them. In the end, she wasn't a stranger to the odd gun, and even blasted a Dalek to death in 'The Stolen Earth', not forgetting the moment when she casually walked through an exploding street surrounded by screaming people. She challenged a Dalek in 'Doomsday', by informing it that she had murdered the Emperor Dalek, and even laughed in it's face. What's more, she used a gun to send Satan into a black hole, declaring "Go to hell!" as she did it. If that isn't epic, I don't know what is.
1. This quote!
I thought I'd end the list on a quote. Rose has had many notable quotes and dialogue in her time, but I chose this one from 'The Parting of the Ways' because it captures Rose's journey of learning, developing and growing up through her time with the Doctor. It is also very inspirational for anyone out there who wants to lead a better life, and I think Rose is a very inspirational woman to follow.
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